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- 1 2 Gordon, Michael E.; Turner, Lowell (2000). Transnational Cooperation Among Labor Unions. Cornell Press. pp. 174–175, 296. ISBN 0801437792.
- ↑ "FAQs". UNI Global Union. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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